HEART AT WAR [PART 2 OF A&B] [CSM]

in dreams i watched you die, now i can't wait to close my eyes

Guppy skips along the sidewalk as you both follow behind him. You drag your suitcase along, occasionally glancing over at Stone.

This place is quite beautiful.

You've never seen such vibrant trees or a beach that wasn't covered in mostly ash.. or a beach at all, really.

You've saw that through a screen, sure.. but feeling the colors shine into your eyes feels oddly relaxing.

"Heeey, Y/N." Guppy says, turning his head towards you. You look at him. "Yeah? What's up?"

"Soooo.. I ain't had no house in a while.. y'all were informed you's was stayin' at some motel, yeah?"

"Oh, yeah.. Miss Quanxi told us."

"It ain't so bad.. only a couple'a bugs here 'n there. The lady workin' there's real kind."

"Mm.." You look away, looking back at the palm trees.

Riiing.. riiing..

You look at your suitcase, hearing a ring coming from it. You stop, bending down and zipping it open.

Your phone is ringing. It's Quanxi.

You pick up.

"Yeah? What's up?" You ask, putting the phone to your ear. Stone and Guppy stop walking.

"How did you get to America so quickly? It was supposed to take around eleven days."

"Oh, um.. ship kinda sank, so I ran with Stone."

"You ran?"

"Uh huh."

"On water?"

"Yup."

"Mm."

A long silence ensues. You look at the phone, checking to make sure she didn't hang up. She didn't. Why's she so quiet?

"Um.. Miss?"

"..."

"..H-Hello? Is the service buggin'.."

"Have you met your new buddy?"

"Why'd you go quiet for so long.."

"Answer."

"Yeah, yeah, he's here."

"Put him on the phone."

You sigh, handing the phone to Guppy. He pinches it, slowly putting it up to his ear. After a few moments, he walks away a bit and whispers something. You can't hear it well.

Stone snatches your suitcase from you, digging through it.

"Wha.. Stone, don't go through my stuff.."

They ignore you, pulling out a big block of concrete. Wait, what the hell, how'd that even get in there.. they had no time to put that in there..

You take your suitcase back as they crunch on the concrete, giggling as they chew on it.

As you begin to zip it up, you jump as your startled by loud screaming.

"WHAT?! SHE IS?! NOOOO! WHY?! YOU PROMISED!" Guppy screams from a few feet away. Um..

He peeks behind himself, making eye contact with you and looking back at the phone. "Miss, you ain't really serious, ain'tcha.." He says in almost a whisper, enough for you to hear. You're starting to get curious, that is your phone after all. You should be allowed to know.

You walk up, snatching the phone from him and putting it to your ear. He scurries back away from you.

"Miss, what're you two talking about?" You say directly into the phone.